Article 1162. Certificate of Inheritance.

1. A certificate of the right to inheritance shall be issued at the place of opening of the inheritance by a notary or an official authorized to perform such a notarial act in accordance with the law.
The certificate is issued at the request of the heir. At the request of the heirs, a certificate may be issued to all the heirs together or to each heir individually, for all the inheritance property as a whole or for its individual parts.
In the same manner, a certificate is issued upon transfer of the escheated property in the order of succession to the Russian Federation (Article 1151).
2. In the event that, after issuing a certificate of the right to inheritance, hereditary property for which no such certificate was issued, an additional certificate of the right to inheritance shall be issued.